- Date
- January 15, 1987, 18:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4353PPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870115035119A
- Case key
- 7371
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt deptd bowling green with a listed 5.0 hrs fuel on bd. After 3 hr 35 min he arrived over dest after exhausting fuel in the rt tank abt 30 min prior. He stated that the other tank was abt 1/2 full at the time. 15 min after rt tank exhaustion the plt req his first wx update at dest. It was at min. After arp over dest the efc time was about 25 min. Later. At the efc the plt was clrd to apch cont and told to efc 1 hr later. The plt ind that he could not hold that long. He req that apch 'leap frog' him past the other traffic apch denied and plt req diversion to another apt. He was clrd to valdosta but was told that apch gave him two other choices, stay in pat. Or dec emer and would be worked in plt req priority inst of emer and was denied. Plt was clrd for ILS apch. At 1821 the plt radioed my eng just quit. He then radioed twr that he had hit some wires and was down off the arpt but was ok. Tot flt time abt 4 hrs. 40 min.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4353P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288490063
- Airframe hours
- 1,220
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- 4353 Associates Limited
- Registered owner
- 4353 Associates Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 1987
- Departed
- BWG · Bowling Green, KY
- Destination
- ABY · Albany, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ABY · Albany Dougherty Co., runway 4, 6,601 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 319 total · 225 in this make and model · 2,411 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.